Most of the parts of the Berlin Wall were located in what was eastern Germany.
Following the defeat of Nazi Germany at the end of the Second World War; Germany was divided into four occupation zones.
by the Allied powers: the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and france. Berlin, the capital,
was also divided in to four sectors. Nevertheless, relations between the Soviet Union and the three other powers worsened,
culminating to the division of the Soviet-backed East Germany with the Western Allied backed West Germany.
The Division of Germany
In 1949, the division became official with the establishment of two separate countries: the German Democratic
Those are the former East Germany, known today as the Republic of Germany and the former West Germany officially known as the Federal Republic of Germany. East Germany,
or which was under the soviet influence was a socialist state while West Germany continuing to be a democratic state with a.
capitalist economy.
Accounts Relating to the Construction of the Berlin Wall
When the living standard of the east Germans was declining, its people migrated to west Germany that seemed to have a lot better conditions.
The East German government in collaboration with Soviet aid chose to erect a wall to prevent the escape.
The starting of construction work on the Berlin Wall was done on 13thAugust 1961.
It was actually a concrete wall that all along encircled the west of Berlin and separated it from East Germany.
Measuring approximately 155 kilometers (96 miles), it has consisted of concrete walls, barbed wire fences and guards.
towers. Others were more elaborate, including several observation towers, starting with guard facilities from where border patrols periodically checked people passing the wall.
movement of people, goods and services across the border of the two regions.
Lesson Learned: Berline Wall
For threequarters of a century the division of Germany was the most vivid embodiment of the Cold War with the Berlin Wall standing at the heart of it as the bulwark that divided the West from the East.
the communist East. Not only geographical barrier but also representing the ideological and political divide
between the two sides.
The wall affected the dwellers of Berlin in a very massive way. Families were estranged; friends no longer recognized one other, and many East
In an effort to flee Germany citizens faced death attempting to move to the western side of Germany. Many innocents were killed or injured, while trying
to breach the wall, to jump over it or to dig a hole under it and other similar ways.
The event that many historians remember as an important milestone occurred in the autumn of 1989 – the fall of the Berlin Wall Signals the End of the Cold War
and German reunification. The wall came down, and eventually the barriers between the East and West sectors of Germany were eradicated.
- It is made with joy in people’s hearts and thougt for a better tomorrow with more unity and less of conflict.
Conclusion
Berlin Wall was erected in East Germany and it acted physically and philosophically as barrier between east and west which was commanded by communism.
East and the capitalist West. It’s construction and your fall was central to the history of
Germany and the world. Recall of Berlin Wall is a source of reflection on the existence of freedom, unity and humanity.
spirit.
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